Trace-buckle



('No Model.)

D. SOHOENTHALER.

Trace Buckle. No. 242,377. Patented May 31,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

DANIEL SOHOENTHALER, OF WILLIAMSVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HARVEY D. BLAKESLEE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

TRACE-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,377, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed April 8, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Beitknown that I, DANIEL SOHOENTHALER, of WVilliamsville, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trace-Buckles, of which the following is a specitication, reterence being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to that class of tracebuckles which are composed of a buckle-frame provided with a pivoted tongue-plate and a bail which is attached to the hame-tug, and which engages with the buckle-frame and the tongue-plate in such manner as to securely hold the buckle in place on the trace. 1.; The object of my invention is the construction of a trace-buckle of this clas in which the tongue is substantially relieved from thestrain, and which is readily adjusted on the trace, and whereby the trace is securely attached to the hame-tug.

Myinvention consists of the particular coir struction of the tracebuckle, as hereinafter F fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal horizontal section of my im proved trace-buckle connected with the tug and trace. Fig. 2 is an inside elevation, and Fig. 3 a top-plan view of the same.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the hame-tug, and B the trace.

0 represents the buckle-frame, composed of longitudinally-curved side bars, 0 c, and flat cross-bars d d, which connect the ends of the side bars.

E re 'iresents the tongue-plate hinged with its rear end to a round cross-bar, c, which is formed with the buckle-frame between the side bars, 0, at such a distance from the rear cross-bar, d, that the trace can pass freely through the space between the cross-bars d and c.

f represents the tongue formed on the outer side of the tongue-plate, near its forward end, so as to project outwardly through the holes in the trace, the tongue-plate E resting against the rear side of the brace.

Gr represents the bail, which is attached, in the usual manner, to the rear end of the hametug A. The bail G is composed of side bars, g, and cross-bars g g g". The round front cross-bar,g, serves to attach the bail to the hame-tug. The flat rear cross-bar, g rests (No model.)

against the outer concave sides of the side bars, 0, of the buckle-frame O, and against the 5 5 inner or rear side of the trace, and the middle cross-bar, g bears against the rear side of the tongue-plate E, near the tonguef. The tongue-plate is preferably cast at its rear end with an open socket orjaw, which is applied to the cross bar 0, and closed by pressure, forming a cold-shut, as represented in Fig. 1. The trace is passed between the cross-bars d and c at the rear end of the buckle-frame O,

and between the front cross-bar, d, of the o5 buckle-frame and the rear cross-bar, 9 ot' the bail. The tongue-plate projects forward behind the rear bar, 1 and in front of the middle bar, of the hail, the tonguefbeing locat-ed immediately in front of the front crossbar, d, of the lmckle-i'rame.

Upon applying the draft to the tug B the rear cross-bar, 9 of the bail slides upon the curved side bars of the buckle-frame toward the front cross-bar, d, of the latter, whereby the trace is securely clamped between the rear cross-bar of the bail and the front cross-bar ol' the bucklel'raine. The middle cross-bar, 9 ot' the bail at the same time presses the front end of the tongue-plate against the trace and holds the tongue in engagement with the trace. Upon pushing the trace forward the tongue is readily withdrawn lrom the trace and the buckle adjusted backward and forward on the trace.

The tongue-plate E is provided near its front end with ears 0, which project beyond the edges of the trace, and permit'the plate to be readily seized when it is desired to disengage the tongue from the trace. 0

The bail and buckle frame may be provided with loops for attaching the various straps in the usual manner.

I claim as my invent-ion- A trace -buckle composed of a frame, 0, provided with a pivoted plate, E, having a tongue on its outer side, and a tug-bail, G, provided with a cross-bar, g bearing against the rear side of the tongue-plate E, and a rear cross-bar, g bearing against the front side of the buckle-frame O, substantially as set forth.

DANIEL SOHOENTHALER.

Witnesses J NO. J. BONNER, EDW. J. BRADY. 

